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Posted at 3:29 PM on Friday 09/19/08 by
Ben
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Buy.com has the Motorola Signal Booster for $38 with free shipping. It purports to amplify your signal strength by up to a factor of 32x, improving reception and strength of your broadband service. [BizRate]
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    beantmt - Posted 3:31 pm PDT 09/19/08 (23 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have 10 cable tv jacks in my house. The cable guy said I should use these if I put more than 4 on the same splitter.

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    o8yb - Posted 4:18 pm PDT 09/19/08 (189 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have 7 tv jacks at my house. Before I have the booster, TV signal both (Cable or Antenna) are week and snowy. By adding the booster, I am able to pickup more channels and all snowy issues are gone. I should buy it earlier. Have been suffered for many years. I don't think you cable internet will be faster at least no in my case.

    You may want to buy it from amazon.com. Same price but no sales tax.

    http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-484095-001-00-Signal-Booster/dp/B000066E6Y/ref=s11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1221865930&sr=8-1

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    dhho1 - Posted 4:48 pm PDT 09/19/08 (2180 Posts)  Report Spam

    does this require electrical power?

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    crunch - Posted 5:14 pm PDT 09/19/08 (51 Posts)  Report Spam

    "includes AC adapter"

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    woodbutt - Posted 5:57 pm PDT 09/19/08 (163 Posts)  Report Spam

    #3:

    No, it is a perpetual motion machine. It does require a steam source, though.

    WB

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    wonderboy - Posted 6:31 pm PDT 09/19/08 (155 Posts)  Report Spam

    Does it work acutally?

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    njb - Posted 6:39 pm PDT 09/19/08 (2826 Posts)  Report Spam

    how is it different from an amplified antenna if it amplifies signal? i just bought an amplified antenna 18db with a similar amplifier + AC adapter. not only it didn't improve anything it made reception worse, amplified or not. using with converter box.

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    srobbins - Posted 6:56 pm PDT 09/19/08 (11 Posts)  Report Spam

    Does it work? I would suspect so. The thing is that a lot of people don't necessarily need it. Those like #1 and #2 do because splitting the signal weakens it and a boost gets it back to a preferred level. If you are at a good level, adding it can make your signal worse by making the signal too strong for the equipment (cable box/cable modem).

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    fatrichsob - Posted 7:57 pm PDT 09/19/08 (11 Posts)  Report Spam

    #5 A steam powered perpetual motion machine? HMMMM Is that like using a toaster to warm the bath water?

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    LiveSquid - Posted 8:40 pm PDT 09/19/08 (2122 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1, if you have ten jacks, why would you need four on a splitter? What, you wanna hook up 40 freakin TVs?

    #5, if its a perpetual motion machine it wouldnt use a power source of any kind once started. I think. Unless I have that wrong..

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    raypou - Posted 12:41 am PDT 09/20/08 (71 Posts)  Report Spam

    might need one of these for my junk apartment cable wiring

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    meq123 - Posted 7:06 am PDT 09/20/08 (230 Posts)  Report Spam

    #7 - this *is* different from an amplified antenna. First it works across the whole cable frequency set, rather than being limited to over-the-air freqs. Second it is bidirectional and so works both with cable modems and also set top boxes that use a return path (i.e for video on demand). Thirdly, it is a cleaner (better) amp than most cheapies you can buy for an antenna.

    Consider yourself edjumacated.

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    theMike - Posted 12:54 pm PDT 09/20/08 (123 Posts)  Report Spam

    This product does require power, which is why an A/C adapter is included. If you live in an area close to hills/mountains, this will not help at all. I've been experiencing poor signals since I've been living here and have gone through 3 different antennas and none worked... however, I recently found a solution - the digital to analog converter!

    I have an analog tv at home so had to purchase one and went from having only 3 clear channels to 55! I hooked the converter to my hdtv and got the same channels. Hope this helps anyone with poor signal.

    Oh and don't forget to apply for the government coupon: https://www.dtv2009.gov/

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    mccainwillwin - Posted 1:30 pm PDT 09/20/08 (582 Posts)  Report Spam

    Just get Fios TV and be done with it.

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    akayzwhiz - Posted 2:46 pm PDT 09/20/08 (314 Posts)  Report Spam

    hmmm thanks number 13

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